Finance Professionals Looking To Make A Change

December 14, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly half
(41%) of finance and accounting professionals are likely to
be job shopping within five years, despite satisfaction with
their current jobs, loyalty to their employers and
above-average annual incomes.

When asked what job or career change they would make,
the top response was to become self-employed or a business
owner, according to the survey commissioned by Kelly
Financial Resources.

Most identify strongly with their profession (75%), not
their employers according to respondents.

Over half (61%) say training is important to career
advancement, with a majority interested in training in
computers and technology. Over a third (37%) say they get
that training on their own time, rather than at the
workplace.

Looking Elsewhere

Over three-quarters (77%) said they could find another
job with better pay and benefits in less than a year.

And while 76% view their work as a career, fully 24% say
they don’t expect to retire from a position in the finance
or accounting field.

Men were nearly twice as likely as women to hold
management positions and in private industry represent 58%
employment to women’s 17%.

This survey was conducted via telephone in the United
States across a nationwide sample of 1,083 finance and
accounting professionals.